Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'bargain'

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Use in varieties of Scots

bargain	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	10.2	34	22
ORK - Orkney	9.9	1	1
SHD - Shetland	5.8	1	1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	16.3	5	3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen	42	4	1
DOR - General Northern	39.9	9	6
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	2.6	1	1
WCE - West Central	22.2	5	4
DUN - Dundee	10.6	1	1
EDN - Edinburgh	6.2	1	1
GLA - Glasgow	5	1	1
AYR - Ayrshire	21.4	2	1
LAL - General Central	2.6	2	2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)	32.8	1	1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of bargain in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
'A bargain, min, at twice the price - a on page 47

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
Better bargain du never could mak!" on page 48

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
n aboot. Ye gat yersel a rare bargain fin ye mairret me - ilky ear on page 12
Beldie made a beeline fir the bargain rail. "Dinna stan up afore th on page 69
wi the thocht o the impendin bargain. on page 72

3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
Dunracht an Kilrogie efter a bargain . Isie hid bin packed aff ooto
1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
oot fae i weddin and found a bargain fir a fiver. Nummer 43 onyeen(2019)

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 77 - Anither Time, Anither Place, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
boo table, it hid been in the bargain basement o Cocky Hunter's war on page 29

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 84 - Jamie’s Day Oot, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
'A bargain at nine hunner poun, sir.' on page 43

2 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
face. "Weel, m'loon, ye didna bargain for that, did ye!" on page 14

1 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
He wint oot bargain huntin tae a shoppie in i'too on page 157

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Dother o the Sea, (Itchy Coo 2020) Doric, weans
wi the Sea Carline and made a bargain," they tellt her. "She tuik t on page 126

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Jonsar Eck thocht fit a bargain "I'll take fower pair". (He w
Ae day Jonsar Eck seen a bargain day on a poster. On this day
Eck thocht it wisnae much o a bargain efter a'a.
3 matches

@cligeey tweeted
@dpke1983 Bargain loving brits min(2020)
@shunad There is nae bargain gin to work wee noodays tho(2020)

@fittiecrooners tweeted
ll on baith & well used bit a bargain at £15! https://t.co/ifYytO9(2019)

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
@FaeFoggie Fairly a bargain. Wiz there nae enough tae ate(2019)

(South) East Central

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
An keep oor bargain wi the deil
1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
t wanst a year. A brammer o a bargain. Aye, ah wis richt taen wi Mr on page 79

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
asks fur a refund; intae the bargain she's tolt yir full life stor on page 169

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
The factory shoap, the bargain rack, on page 38

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Till Houletgless an the Soond o Money, (The Scores 2018) Central, prose
his haufpenny here’s a rale bargain .”
n, tho he wis kent tae like a bargain . It wis mair that he’d had
2 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
e fowk in the Brexit Britain, bargain-basement plan o the Westminst on page 91

1 matches

Edinburgh

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
ight. Ye drive a considerable bargain ma deciduous pal of many wond
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
itement back. Our part in the bargain is a quid each. We aw rustle on page 12

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
r, Cruikedbank drave its hard bargain wi Adam an Bess. Gin they wro on page 55
twa-three drams - sealed the bargain. It wis weel on in the eftern on page 81

2 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
her legal guairdian intae the bargain." on page 146

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
The builder is beggin nae bargain, nor ony proprietary brand o on page 72

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
Yin wean. A plea wi God. A bargain. Yin wean. Hir ain flesh. Hur on page 49

1 matches